“We honor Brian's memory when we pick up where he left off. We won't ever finish his work, but the respect is in the effort. It's in hearing that call for help, and answering it.” - Police Commissioner James P. O’NeillRest easy Brian, we’ll take it from here.

The NYPD detective killed while responding to a robbery in Queens was struck by friendly fire, Police Commissioner James O’Neill said at a press conference Tuesday night.Detective Brian Simonsen, 42, was fatally shot by a fellow officer while responding to a robbery at a T-Mobile phone store on Atlantic Avenue near 120th Street in Richmond Hill soon after 6 p.m., police said.A sergeant who responded to the robbery with Simonsen was also shot in the leg during the incident but is expected to recover.